The mitochondrial genome on its way to the nucleus: different stages of gene transfer in higher plants

FEBS Letters

Schuster, Wolfgang¹  Grohmann, Lutz¹  Knoop, Volker¹  Hiesel, Rudolf¹  Brennicke, Axel¹ 

[1] Institut für Genbiologische Forschung, Ihnestraße 63, D-1000 Berlin 33, Germany

关键词: Endosymbiont hypothesis;    Sequence transfer;    Plant mitochondria;   

DOI  :  10.1016/0014-5793(93)81430-8

学科分类：生物化学/生物物理

来源: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

【 摘 要 】

The vast majority of mitochondrial proteins are in all eukaryotes encoded in the nuclear genomes by genes which have been transferred from the original endosymbiont. DNA as well as RNA was and is exchanged between organelies. A functionally successful information transfer, however, requires complex structural and regulatory alterations of the concerned gene. The recently identified variations of the information content in mitochondrial genomes of different plant species represent different stages of the transfer process. These evolutionary intermediates allow a definition of requirements and chances of successful gene transfers.

【 授权许可】

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